The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-18
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A Very Comfortable risee on lake Orsarse.
with Coed beer In Henest, 0lesses-A
Wattltnr Island for Trey and Albany.

| largo enough pouy OF WhteE uehE ~ hnhu the
cities In tho interior OF tho State have started
Charlotte, Syracuse Pleasure Beach, and Al.
bany and Troy Pleasure Island. Buffalo has
its beach. and the only reason places like FL
mira have no Conoy Island 10 that there In not
| water enough to give an imitation Of the sea
| voyage. This Coney Island contagion hos
spread over The State In the last few years, and
az tho managers OF tho places have visited
| Coney Island for ideas, their inland Coney
Islands are copies Of the original. with the
same distinctions and names
Rochester has, perhaps. the best reproduction
OF them all, and thero is water route that
gives the passenger choice Of cars or boat.
The name Of the place 10 Charlotte, but It has
its Manhattan Beach. its Bauer's Casino Its
Brighton. and the aristocratic cottages apart
from the rest. and near the fashionable hotel.
Rochester Is only seven or eight miles from
| Lake Ontario. but boats cannot 20 up to the
| city on account OF tho falls. Horse car lines
run out beyond the falls, and ON elevator has
been built alongside the bluff to save climbing
| up and down the couple Of hundred feet. At
the foot OF the elevator are the boats which run
every few minutes over the river to the lake.
| That is the water route. and q trip costs about
the same as tc Coney Island. The boats charge
q quarter. Ten cents car fare and few cents
| to the elevator bring the round trip cost to Az
he Nsw bas
| trip Is not DO pleasant as on the boat.
Th ss s arr nS FsTe a. ehssSns q
down the centre with room for q, young man
men and their thirty. 1--WE, girls on each trip:
harbor, and The boat goes slow enough to allow
appreciation Of its beauties. The walls Of the
% 9s6s t Sa$ tS TS5D p
almost no tide. Tho tops Of the trees on the
n ss Soa Sa ss ESsss shgs
snd not be tSs
as T auies oyer se the more sooth
hao Z sp mile long,
Th %S or Se o 81 Is re
SHAPED S liz liz dsspas and a!i%oses With hugs
breakers that Tie railroad compeny has thrust
b beach, as It Is At coney Island. There is Bic
pavilion. with dancing floor and q gallery. An
esgsps
looking after dinner or supper In the gallery.
sss ssS % s9s
they
ssss and nd the beer Is Better. Up Stairs In
thS gallery that runs around ,, the pa, pa
no tst sesse nsse aaS 'ns
pavilion bring their own lunchaons and get the
se S1 At hs afun s 0
maade and jsllies, pie cold tss and beer
othee families families another. There Is always
bright grl yishis blue sssh and red ribbon
Tsua hep goans
wardly tries to help her along. and does moth
ing but tumble things apd smear IAN and but;
the whole family feeds snd e happy: No charge
f Snidne IL Is o owned
brewing company which takes its profits from
sale o. Tfsfs are who no
beer farmer s may bring Ills family there and
aSs
IL aonss ss
large enough e knock eyer bay Would "a % =
are e built in the lake. where the water is deep
Shallow sds
suits, but not the heavy flannel things hired at
the seashore; The most fashioSnabie suit y
Is the. most popular. color and is pre-
sSa nsna Sss Ssvssd
ara sssad ss as sssssd psn Sss Ss
gamer gan in q battling suit, slts in his teboggsn
slide is under water. and II the tobogean strikes
the water straight Il viii skim along the lake e
Sss d sasSh sa sSs
n man in the estimation Of his sri. and sill
trips down the toboggan slide is bigger than
the girl whose young man upsets his toboggan
04 Farther along Tie beach are the swell hotels
has an interest il one Of the hotels. and be has
DOWN at night S There are the usual girls walt
GE IN tha s5rSs ss
people Tho 1--WE The swell Se 4ass f. aHd
There are good livery stables with horses and
reWbsats TO Srs and sohoonsr good beer
| anywhere costs five cents.
has than
| not 80 progressive as the Rochester people. and
| prefer to stay at homo nights to going to the
shores Of onondaea Lake, The rallroad runs
Canal Is q few feet from the east shore, and q
touching at the main points, A trip to the end
81 The lake and back e eautyslent to voyage
noy seem longer the last stop Of the boat at the
| northern outlet OF the lake is called Long
| Branch. On the way are three largo places.
and any number e Of small ones, The .Coney
brother OF Gen. Henry A. Barnum. the former
Assemblyman from the Twenty-hrst district.
only a BIT Of shore. and no has made a regular
eSnsS o. It ers
you knock one, oyer.aa shooting gallery.
q dance pavilion. Coney Island clam
chowder factory, bathing houses. and red
striped bathing suits. and small race track
usual US Sl' restaurant and hotel: The citizens Of
| Syracuse were surprised when the Syracuse
| Coney Island was opened. but they began to
enjoy 1t. and now 1t Is patronized BY q good
| many. Even the orphans OF the asylums, for
which Syracuse Il , e well known s' visit the
OnondaQa county girls come from the towns